Friday, September 13, 2019
Jac Yarrow’s follow-up role to Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat will be in Birmingham Hippodrome’s pantomime. He will play the prince
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:24AMThursday, September 12, 2019
Richmond Theatre is to mark its 120th birthday by giving away hundreds of free tickets to people who might not otherwise be
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:56AMYouTube star and Strictly Come Dancing finalist Joe Sugg has defended his casting in the musical Waitress, claiming he has been spurred
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:54AMWednesday, September 11, 2019
The opening of immersive horror show Variant 31 has been postponed for a second time. According to producers, the show – which
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:03PMEquity president Maureen Beattie has called for an end to the “soul-destroying” practice of failing to tell actors they have not got
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:42AMRose Theatre Kingston executive producer Jerry Gunn is to step down from the theatre, as the venue reveals plans to review its
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:03AMDeputy Labour leader Tom Watson has warned of the “disastrous” consequences a no-deal Brexit would have for the arts, including touring and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:46AMWhen the National Theatre announced plans in 2016 to take away critics’ plus-ones at its press nights, the move caused unrest among
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMMonday, September 9, 2019
Wicked composer Stephen Schwartz has hailed UK musical theatre performers as “the best actors in the world”, claiming that any snobbery aimed
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:01AMEnglish National Opera is to scrap plus-ones to established reviewers, as it launches a new scheme aimed at developing new critical voices.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:29AMFriday, September 6, 2019
Nottingham Playhouse has appointed Jake Orr as its first producer. Orr will step down as producer at Theatre503, where he has been
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:11AMRia Jones is to star as Momma Rose in the musical Gypsy at the Royal Exchange in Manchester. Jones’ credits include Evita
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:30AMThursday, September 5, 2019
The Barbican’s outgoing artistic director Louise Jeffreys has been appointed deputy chair of English National Opera. She replaces Nicholas Allan in the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:45AMAn immersive production of Zorro the Musical is to run at the Hope Mill Theatre in Manchester. It will run from March
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:54AMWednesday, September 4, 2019
Previously unpublished plays by 11 British writers – some of whom have not had their work performed for 30 years – are
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:58AMTuesday, September 3, 2019
Cush Jumbo is to return as host of The Stage Debut Awards, in association with Access Entertainment, for the second year running.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:53AMPerformers and stage managers working in subsidised theatre will see rates of pay increase by just 2% over the next three years,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:48AMFriday, August 30, 2019
Gloria Estefan musical On Your Feet! is being lined up for a second summer run in the West End. Producer Jamie Wilson
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:03PMA caravan that can seat 10 audience members is to host a festival of new writing, featuring work from writers including Abi
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:06PMAnthony Almeida has won this year’s Sir Peter Hall Director Award, which will see him helm a full-scale production at Curve in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:13AMComedian Zoe Lyons is to star in the European premiere of An Act of God. The play, by David Javerbaum, has previously
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:03AMThursday, August 29, 2019
A rep season featuring six actors in plays by writers such as Laura Wade has been pulled, with producers blaming loss of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:55AMWednesday, August 28, 2019
Musical theatre star Rebecca Caine has claimed that a “fashion for belting” has led to a more generic sound in shows. Caine,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:01AMWriters including Friends star Matthew Perry and Girls creator Lena Dunham have penned monologues about mental health and addiction, as part of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:10AMFriday, August 9, 2019
Three shows at the Traverse Theatre and a play performed in people’s living rooms are among the first winners of the Fringe
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:41AMA festival of new writing is being launched by the Rose Theatre Kingston, designed to “nurture and promote the fresh voices of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:34AMSix writers Lucy Moss and Toby Marlow have signed a deal with the publishing arm of Warner Music Group. Warner Chappell Music
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:06AMActors will be better equipped to handle “intrusive questions” at auditions following the launch of a new guide from Equity, which seeks
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:06AMThursday, August 8, 2019
Breffni Holahan is the first winner of this year’s The Stage Edinburgh Awards. She was given the accolade for her performance in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:53AMA theatre company that specialises in creating work for d/Deaf audiences has become embroiled in a row with the Edinburgh Fringe, over
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:06AMLondon fringe venue the Bunker has scaled back a production to a series of rehearsed readings, after admitting its planned staging of
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